How do I Arrange a Funeral?

If you have recently lost a loved one please accept our deepest sympathy. You are welcome to use the church for a service.

> whether it leads to burial or cremation.
> whether or not you attend church regularly

Procedure 

One of the first decisions you will have to make is to decide whether to have a burial or cremation. You will also need to decide where to have the service. 

For Cremation

Most funerals nowadays are cremations, but having the funeral service in church allows greater flexibility in terms of time and content. Relatives always plan the service with the clergy. The committal can then take place with a brief service at the crematorium.

You are welcome to arrange a funeral service in church, even if you are not a churchgoer. Simply tell the funeral director that you want to have a service in church. The clergy will be glad to help you at this difficult time, both with the practical arrangements and with the emotional aspects. If you have the burial of ashes in the churchyard, you may wish to arrange for a memorial stone to be erected. 

For Burial

You are welcome to have your loved one buried at St Peter’s, Mattishall Burgh. Please contact a local Funeral Director and tell him where you want the service. If you wish, he or we can    arrange for a personalised Order of Service to be printed and will include your choice of hymns.

The fees for a church funeral are paid by the Funeral Director on the day of the service and included in his invoice to you later. Clergy conducting services receive no part of the fee themselves. Where travel, to a crematorium for example, is involved the clergyman will receive travelling expenses.

LINKS - local Funeral directors:

W.C.Littleproud & Son – Bradenham, Norfolk
01760 440269 or 01362 695458
Website: www.littleproud-funerals.co.uk

RJ Bartram & Son – Attleborough, Norfolk
01953 452798
Website: R J Bartram & Sons

H.H. Aldous
53 Baxter Row, Dereham, NR19 1A  01362 692233

For more information visit the Church of England website